2012 Triumvirate Voting Controversy



The 2012 Triumvirate Voting Controversy was a fiasco concerning the 2nd Round of voting to determine the 2nd member of the Triumvirate of the  New Republic. The members involved mainly were [AS]_GlassPassenger and  [AS]_hoagieman. The controversy ended not only with the appointment of the full Triumvirate, but also enforced new voting policies in AS.

Background
On December 24, 2011, [AS]_BlueFlame stepepd down as  AS Emperor. As his wish, he ordered for the new government of AS to be a new version of the Old Republic that ruled AS, to ensure no one single person had complete control over AS.

There were to be three rounds of voting for the three positions of the Triumvirate. In the first round, [AS]_Pimp-Masterflex won with over 66% of the vote over Glass and Hoagie, as well as over some 3rd party candidates.

The 2nd Round
The second round was posted a day after the first round ended. The candidates were as follows:
 * 1) [AS]_GlassPassenger
 * 2) [AS]_hoagieman
 * 3) [AS]_Kerrod
 * 4) [AS]_Zappa
 * 5) [AS]_Joseph_Stalin

The Controversy


Problems ensued quickly after the 2nd Round had begun. It was widely reported that members, such as Zappa and Pimp, voted more than once, usually for many candidates at a time. To quote [AS]_Zappa

" I voted for Hoagie 5 times and for Glass 5 times just to be fair... " "[AS]_Zappa"

In the Final Tally, there were 65 votes that were casted, much more than the active roster of AS. 43.08% went to Glass, 47.69% went to Hoagie, 7.69% went to Zappa, and 1.54% went to other 3rd party candidates.

This lead to a public uproar in AS about the validity of polls, and caused slight confusion in the formation of the Triumvirate. The problem was resolved when [AS]_BlueFlame, in one of his last acts, appointed Glass and Hoagie into the Triumvirate himself, thereby foregoing the voting process for the last two positions.

Aftermath and Legacy
The controversy lead to not only the complete formation of the Triumvirate, but also led to more refined practices of the voting process in AS. In order to make elections fair, voting should not be tallied by cookies, but by either User Id or IP address. This practices assures that only each member has one vote to cast, and will assure that multiple voting cannot occur.